Bellingham Crime Report
This Week in Bellingham
Bellingham police responded to 416 incidents during August 25-31, 2025. Bellingham averaged 59.4 incidents per day, with Thursday being the busiest at 81 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 16% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (32%).
Total Incidents
416
Daily Average
59.4
incidents per day
Busiest Day
Thursday
81 incidents
Violent Incidents
9%
of total activity
Thursday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 81 incidents, 36% above the weekly average of 59.4.
Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 67 incidents (16% of total), followed by Meridian at 15%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 39% of weekly activity.
Most Active Neighborhoods
Top Incident Categories
Notable Incidents
Significant events from this week
900 block of 21ST ST, Bellingham, WA
3300 block of NORTHWEST AVE, Bellingham, WA
700 block of N FOREST ST, Bellingham, WA
1300 block of E LAUREL ST, Bellingham, WA
3200 block of ORLEANS ST, Bellingham, WA
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